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The sleeping beauty of the wood : an entertaining tale : to which is added Paddy and the bear, a true story

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The sleeping beauty of the wood : an entertaining tale : to which is added Paddy and the bear, a true story

by
Perrault,Charles.Belle au bois dormant

Publication date
Topics
Fairy tales., Chapbooks -- Specimens., Chapbooks -- Scotland -- Glasgow -- 19th century., McGill University Library Digitized Title, McGill Library's Chapbook Collection, Fairy tales, Chapbooks
Publisher
Glasgow : Printed for the booksellers
Collection
mcgilluniversitychapbook; mcgilluniversity; toronto
Contributor
McGill University Library
Language
English
Item Size
34.1M
24 p. ; 15 cm.

Cover title

Anonymous; "The sleeping beauty of the wood" a version of Perrault's "La belle au bois dormant."

Pamphlets with this imprint date from between 1835 and 1849; probably printed by Francis Orr & Sons (cf. Meriton, J. Small books: p. 987 (114), p. 988 (126))

Cover included in pagination

At foot of cover: 52

First sentence: "There was formerly, in a distant country, a king and queen, the most beautiful and happy in the world ..."

Includes woodcut title vignette (a girl holding a bird in a cage out of reach of a cat) and a woodcut tailpiece (lettered "postscript")

Title page with a decorative floral frame (Meriton entry states "without frame")

(caption titles) The sleeping beauty, a tale -- The moral [a poem] -- Paddy and the bear

Meriton, J. Small books
Addeddate
2014-02-14 15:45:48
Callnumber
RBD MAIN PN970 B65 S64 1840 Rare Books/Special Collections - McLennan Bldg, 4th floor
Identifier
McGillLibrary-PN970_B65_S64_1840-1709
Identifier-ark
ark:/13960/t9z05pt2v
Note
Cover title.
Anonymous; "The sleeping beauty of the wood" a version of Perrault's "La belle au bois dormant."
Pamphlets with this imprint date from between 1835 and 1849; probably printed by Francis Orr & Sons (cf. Meriton, J. Small books: p. 987 (114), p. 988 (126)).
Cover included in pagination.
At foot of cover: 52.
First sentence: "There was formerly, in a distant country, a king and queen, the most beautiful and happy in the world ..."
Includes woodcut title vignette (a girl holding a bird in a cage out of reach of a cat) and a woodcut tailpiece (lettered "postscript").
Title page with a decorative floral frame (Meriton entry states "without frame")
(caption titles) The sleeping beauty, a tale -- The moral [a poem] -- Paddy and the bear.
Meriton, J. Small books, 205 (p. 252) (variant?)
Ocr
ABBYY FineReader 9.0
Ppi
600
Url
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8003
Full catalog record
MARCXML


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